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  • Yorkshire bow out of Champions League t20

    A depleted Yorkshire side produced a memorable display in the field and with the ball despite losing against Highveld Lions at the Wanderers in Johannesburg to bow out of the Champions League t20 competition. The White Rose county had to do without

  • Bradford City 3 Cheltenham Town 1

    City came from behind to deservedly claim their first win in five games and end Cheltenham’s unbeaten away record. Nahki Wells took his goal tally to nine with a couple more but the best effort came from left back James Meredith at the end of a

  • City team news

    Craig Forsyth went straight into City's side to face Cheltenham this afternoon after arriving on a two-month loan from Watford. The left winger was one of three changes after the 1-1 draw with York as Phil Parkinson's men looked for their first

  • Police investigate spate of car fires

    Police are investigating a spate of arson attacks on luxury cars after Keighley firecrews were called to blazing vehicles on two nights running. Detectives are especially concerned by strikingly similar attacks on BMWs parked outside their owners

  • Bradford children ready for Royal Albert Hall schools prom

    Talented young musicians in the Bradford district are hard at work preparing to perform at the national schools prom at the Royal Albert Hall. They are among more than 700 young musicians in Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees who will perform the

  • Garden project blooms

    A charity is creating a memorial garden at Chellow Heights Special School, Heaton, Bradford. Chellow Hearts was set up earlier this year to fundraise and support projects at the school which opened in 2010. The school caters for children aged

  • Award joy for inspiring rugby star

    Rugby league player Ikram Butt has been honoured in the Power 100 awards, which promote the most influential Pakistani men and women in Britain. The former England player, an ambassador for the British Asian Trust, saw his work recognised at a

  • New section of Sustrans rail trail is opened

    School pupils were yesterday given the honour of opening the latest section of the Great Northern Railway Trail. Children at Thornton, Russell Hall and Shibden Head primary schools cut the ribbon at the ceremony, unveiling the new segment of track

  • Police hunt for pitch invader at Leeds game

    Police are working to identify a man who ran on to the pitch and attacked Sheffield Wednesday keeper Chris Kirkland. The incident occurred shortly after Kirkland conceded an equaliser at Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. The man was one of

  • No quarter given as Bradford Dragons bid for Trophy progress

    Bradford Dragons go into this weekend’s double-header needing one win from their two games to guarantee them a quarter-final place in the National Trophy. First up today is the long trip south to face Reading Rockets, who have a slim chance of

  • Glittering occasion for royal book

    A limited edition copy of a book commemorating the Little Diamonds of Bradford project was presented to the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Dr Ingrid Roscoe. The project encouraged children in Bradford to create artworks to mark the Queen’s Diamond

  • No pedalling away from this one Lance

    Has there ever been a more dramatic fall from grace than the toppling of Lance Armstrong? The dust may slowly be settling but the shock remains after cycling’s biggest superstar since Eddy Merckx was shown up as just another of the depressingly

  • Another FA Cup away day beckons for Bantams

    “.... will play Bradford City”. Feel free to fill in the gap with any League One name, preferably one from the south. Yep, the FA Cup proper starts tomorrow lunchtime with the first-round draw – and we can once again put ourselves through the rigmarole

  • Ray of hope in Hajj trip wrangle

    A Bradford travel company has stepped in to help people who feared they would miss this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca because of journey delays. The Telegraph & Argus reported yesterday on problems faced by travellers whose trip had been postponed

  • Bingley launches appeal to honour war heroes

    Bingley’s fallen war heroes will be remembered as the town pays tribute to those who had made the ultimate sacrifice for their country next month. The Bingley branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) will lead silent tribute at the annual Remembrance

  • Parents of Bradford heart op girl praise charity

    The parents of a little girl who needed open heart surgery have praised a charity whose help meant they were never more than five minutes away from her during her hospital stay. Alanya Rejterada was three-years-old when she was diagnosed with Atrial

  • Bradford family’s joy at dream holiday

    A boy blinded in both eyes by cancer and his sister who is battling the same illness will fly for a dream holiday in Florida next year – thanks to a children’s charity. Abdur Khan, nine, lost his sight soon after birth due to retinoblastoma which

  • Time for UEFA and FIFA to get tough on racism

    The absence of a Warsaw roof has lifted the lid on the racism that is still alive and well in some corners of Europe that do not want to join the human race. England and Poland were pretty fed up by the farcical postponement on Tuesday. But it

  • Bradford gets ready for festive fun

    Bradford will be getting into the festive spirit next month as Christmas celebrations kick off in the city. Late-night Christmas shopping will start in Bradford on Thursday, November 15, before the Christmas lights switch-on and annual reindeer

  • Forsyth signs up as Bradford City wide boy

    Craig Forsyth will make his City debut this afternoon with the orders: Fill Kyel Reid’s boots. The Watford left winger is expected to be involved against Cheltenham after signing on loan until Christmas. His two-month stay, which runs until

  • Duke to officially open City Park

    City Park will be officially opened by the Duke of Gloucester on Tuesday. (23 OCT) The Duke, born Prince Richard of Gloucester, is first cousin to the Queen and he will unveil a plaque on the pavilion wall containing a quote about enchanting fountains

  • Bradford City striker Hannah hailed for impressing at Grimsby

    Phil Parkinson today praised Ross Hannah for his “terrific” response to leaving City on loan. Hannah has reached the end of the first month of his three-month spell with Grimsby and has made a big impression with joint-bosses Rob Scott and Paul

  • Bradford Bulls get heads together with Tigers

    An entourage of Bulls staff switched codes yesterday to swap ideas during a visit to rugby union aristocrats Leicester Tigers. Coach Francis Cummins led a six-strong Bradford team to the Tigers’ Oval Park training ground, where they met director

  • Bradford couple's shock as pile of waste is dumped on driveway

    Horrified pensioners who responded to an advert for free bonfire wood spoke of their shock as tonnes of “dangerous” waste was dumped on the driveway of their Bradford home. Carole Ver, 68, believed she was going to receive a delivery of old flooring

  • Poppy sellers to get minders after sick abuse last year

    Security is being provided for young poppy sellers in Bradford this year after some were attacked last year – the first such incidents in the British Legion’s history. Young Army cadets will have chaperones to protect them from repeats of the abuse

  • Crime chief candidates are revealed

    The names of all candidates standing for election as the first Police and Crime Commissioner in West Yorkshire were revealed last night. Residents in Bradford can chose from four candidates when they go to the polls on November 15 – Labour candidate

  • ‘Trevor’s rail death a terrible shock’

    A Bradford man, who worked as a doorman in the city for many years, has been killed by a train. Tributes have poured in for Trevor Hoey, 44, of Wibsey, who died at a railway station near Leeds. Mr Hoey, a former pupil of Rhodesway School, had

  • Campaign call at inquest into death of Holme Wood teenager

    Bradford Coroner Peter Straker is considering lobbying for a new advertising campaign to help stop more pedestrian deaths on multi-lane roads. He was prompted by an inquest yesterday into the death of Valentine’s Day sweetheart Chelsie Baines,

  • Brownlee: To win the world title would be incredible

    Jonathan Brownlee will be hoping to keep the ITU world triathlon title in the family tomorrow. His older brother Alistair won the crown in 2009 and 2011. Now the 22-year-old is bidding to win the championship for the first time. The Olympic

  • Bradford Sunday Alliance trio begin Sunday FA Cup bid

    The Bradford Sunday Alliance League will have three representatives taking part in this season’s FA Sunday Cup, which starts tomorrow. Thornton United enter the competition for the first time and they entertain Hessle Rangers, who play in the Hull